In the Winnebago County Jail, there is a classroom where inmates can learn manufacturing skills, to help them find a career once they are released from custody.

Joshua Swann was arrested for allegedly attacking a woman inside a Park Motel room, where he reportedly strangled her and stole her driver’s license, state ID and debit cards.

A federal court on Thursday denied a request by attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge ...

Iconic Energy is selling the former Rockford Register Star tower after a change in federal policy eliminated tax rebates for ...

Illinois Republicans are calling for urgent reforms to the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) following an audit that revealed 34 violations, including 29 repeated ...

Veteran producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Taylor ...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley launched his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat ...

A North Carolina judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order preventing Rick Ware Racing from selling its NASCAR ...

Strong rain storms lashed the East Coast Thursday, delaying flights throughout the region and stranding motorists in deep water from the Philadelphia area to New York City. In ...

Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law ...

Jakeh Monroe, a Freeport man with prior felony convictions, was arrested after police found a loaded semi-automatic pistol ...

A man described by police as a “habitual criminal” has been arrested on weapons charges in Freeport after a search was ...